Why That AskMen Survey is Wrong About Cheating

Last week Shallon wrote about a survey that seemed to indicate that only 10 percent of men would cheat on their SigOths if they knew they could get away with it. I think I can explain why that number is bogus…

I know a ton of guys who'd answer that question in precisely the same way. And an almost equal number of guys who have very aggressively untoward thoughts several times a day.

I don't think I'm breaking any new ground when I say: dudes want to have sex with pretty much everyone. That instinct is planted right in the reptilian brainstem. It's the mammalian forebrain (this brain anatomy, I shouldn't have to tell you, is not accurate), the part that says, would you really jeopardize what you've got, and possibly hurt someone who is supremely awesome, for ten minutes in the men's room with the new intern? That's the part that wins out in those of us who aren't anti-social freaks.

So no, most of us wouldn't cheat. But if you think certain parts of our brains (or anatomies) wouldn't like to an awful lot you're wrong.

I suppose it's the same for lots of women.

Here's the question they didn't ask:

Would you cheat if you knew you wouldn't feel guilty about doing it, and lying about it afterwards, if you wouldn't be stricken with terrible regret at the moment after ejaculation?

Of course, that question can't be answered. Because to not feel those things would be to be an entirely different human being.

Do you think I'm right or wrong, or a sexist freak who thinks men are from Mars, etc.?